The Secret(ish) History of Metroid | Xplay 

Hope you all enjoyed this video! Adam will be out for a little bit, so I’ll be holding the fort down while he’s recovering. Get well, Adam! We love you!

Love seeing jirad living his dreams of working at G4

We all love Sessler, but Jirard killed in this one.

Jirard nailed this segment. No brainer fill in for Sessler when he's not around or the subject isn't his style. Also can we get more game history segments for big anniversaries? I'm sure each of you has a game they could do 15 minutes on.

RIP Yokoi. Had no idea he played such a large role in Metroid's development. I just played Super Metroid for the first time a couple of weeks ago on SNES online and it immediately became my favorite game of that generation. I really hope Dread helps put not just Metroid, but this entire subgenre back in the foreground of gaming culture. Thanks Jirard!

Video game history with Jirard is something I would watch an unhealthy amount of…I need more G4.

Jirard and CodeMiko might be the absolute best new additions to G4. I feel like they just compliment The Sess's knowledge and humor well.

You're doing more for Metroids 35th anniversary than Nintendo. Good job!

Yo this is sick. History with Jirard and reviews with Adam....please have them both on Xplay permanently 🙏

I remember picking up the original Metroid up on my B-Day. I was 7 at the time and didn't really understand the game play. Me and my bro kept at it and once we figured it out we were in awe of what Nintendo created. The game doesn't come with a map so we had to create our own on graph paper. This game was a truly ahead of its time.

I’ve been waiting on Dread for 15 years. Fusion was my favorite game of all time. I loved this deep dive. I’d like to see more of this kind of thing. Maybe a gaming history show.

This was great! Reminds me of the old Icons show (which I miss dearly) from original G4. That show started my love for videogame history as a kid, probably the first place I really learned about Gunpei and the inner-workings of Nintendo.

This video brought the vibes of Icons/ Game Makers. Please make more content like this because we should all appreciate the history and the people that created the games we all know and love.

Metroid Prime has a special place in my heart as my first real first person adventuring

We love to see Jirard killing it

I don't think I've played more than a combined 10 minutes of Metroid ever, but that was super interesting; thanks Jirard!

I love Jirard! You're an amazing host for this channel. Adam Sessler is great, I love him too! It's just crazy that not only is g4 back, but Jirard is hosting it!

The Metroid franchise is so underrated when it comes to sales. I just don't understand. Maybe I am just a fanboy but Metroid is my second favorite franchise next to Super Smash Bros. Metroidvania is my absolute favorite genre and I cannot get enough.

G4 Should really bring back ICONS, if they're going to do deep dive history segments like this.

Love seeing Jirard on G4. I feel like he got his spark back that was starting to fade on the completionist. Love it

This reminds me of the old school G4 show called “Icons”. I really enjoy the format, keep em coming!

Another great video, G4! I actually never played a Metroid before the announcement of Dread this year, but have committed to playing them all before the release. Finished Metroid Zero Mission last month and am almost done with Prime 1. So glad that the Wii U shop has basically all of these games!

I love that you used some of Adam's mannerisms. Very well done and whoever wrote the script on this one did great too! Would love to see the both of you do these lil gaming history bits. Just some general knowledge and love lettering to various series.

I have no idea what G4 videos usually are, but I always enjoy stories about video games, especially like this one, and done by Jirard. Well done, and here's to more like this!

This is great content. I love this kind of context for game franchises. Also, I love Adam's work, and I understand this was a tough piece to put together, but man you nailed it. so good.

I loved all the Metroid games! I remember playing the original as a little kid and getting so lost, back before there were maps, lol! I still play Super Metroid to this day!

Really appreciate these type of retrospectives. Would love to see more! Awesome job Jirard and everyone behind the scenes.

Metroid Fusion has the biggest place in my heart. As my very first Metroid, I was enamored by the commercials for it and was stoked to finally figure out some backstory for my favorite smash character. The haunting sounds of that game paired with the pulse pounding terror of the SA-X makes it an experience I won't soon forget. I am so excited to play Metroid Dread, as it seems like a return to the pulse pounding terror that made me fall in love with the series.

You did great Jirard! I come to G4 for Adam Sessler, but now I return for you and Sessler. No one else comes close. My favorite Metroid game is the first, NES Metroid.

Hell yeah Jirard! G4 picked the right person to talk about Metroid! Or maybe you just hijacked the channel….🤔

Good job Jirard! And also, get well soon Adam!

Amazing work as always, Jirard. Always great seeing you take the wheel in these videos, cause if anyone knows their stuff when it comes to games, it's The Completionist. Looking forward to more from you down the line! But please, we don't need a series about Solid Snake's headband. We all know it gives infinite ammo.

This was fantastic. Exact type of content I'd love to see more of on the channel. All the new talent is great mixed with the classic style from Adam and Jirard. Keep it up yall.

This is by far the best video on the channel so far. Please make more of these!

Metroid has been my favorite Nintendo franchise for ages. Loved the video and would be very interested to see Jirard host more of these!

Really enjoyed this. Jirard hit the mark on this one. Music was on point. And it was a great length for my lunch break. More of this please!

its Jirard! love super beard bros. and the completionist! the randomizers of super metroid and link to the past is some of the best, and the metroid fusion playthrough is still one of my favorite lets plays

This is a solid perspective. You aren't lying about Adam working hard either. I think G4 is ultimately the ideal seed to revolutionize gaming content creation. Don't be afraid to mix and marry ideas. Social media is great for keeping the conversation open, but ultimately by building bridges to seemingly unrelated niches you are building content. Adam knows on some level that the variety of people is fertility for that, but the uniting of ideas is how you sequence the unity required to reach that revolution. G4 has been really good about branching out so far and that speaks to tremendous strength in the entire team. Find your strengths and weaknesses from your own perspectives first while you keep searching for the consistency you desire. Be open and kind to each other while you weigh in on how to bridge those gold nugget ideas.

G4 is something I watched all the time as a kid and its so awesome that they picked up Jirard, one of my favorite personalities in the youtube gaming sphere. Its like a dream come true in a weird way. Great job guys

So awesome G4 is back and you get to be apart of it! Thats definitely a childhood dream come true

Absolutely loved this, Would love to see more of stuff like this from Jirard. Sessler with reviews and "soapboxes" . While Jirard handles deepdives and retro stuff.

I loved this segment, you did a great job! More content like this would be awesome.

I remember watching G4 when I was a teenager. And I've been watching The Competitionist for 5 plus years. Seeing Jirard hosting G4 blows my mind! Congrats bro! You come a long way!

Never played a Metroid game, but was taken by the history of its development. You went really in depth, Jirard, I'd love more of this content! Knowing they shipped this game in 6 months, essentially from scratch makes you realize nothing has changed in the game industry in 35 years.

It may not be Nintendo's favored series, but it will *always* hold a special place in my heart. It was one of my first games, and the first me and my dad beat. We have a yellow sheet of notebook paper with our passwords on it. And as much as I loved Super Metroid, Fusion is my favorite. The tense atmosphere during the SA-X segments were some of my favorites, and the Fusion Suit was so cool to me. If they keep doing remakes, I hope they keep the team that did Samus Returns and Dread for Fusion. They seem like they were meant to be the ones to give Metroid the chance it was always destined to have.

Am I going crazy or did that "overall stomping on turtles" line make it in twice? Either way, great job Jirard! G4, give this guy a full time job!

THIS WAS AWESOME!! LEARNING TIME WITH JIRARD!!

The sound design on this is amazing !!!!

Jirard fully in his element. So proud of this guy.

I really appreciate this video. A lot. Love that you gave Yokoi some well earned praise as well. Thank you!!!!

Great writing, editing, and read. Really enjoyed the video and learned some new tidbits.

oh man! so glad you guys are so awesome for this video.

I really like these kind of retrospective videos. I was never a big Metroid fan growing up, but always respected the series. Nicely done Jirard!

Can yall do more videos like this? It reminds of G4 Icons. Which was awesome.

Honestly I think you could have a co-host gig like you used to for X-Play. Adam and Jirard. I loved seeing The Completionist here!

I would love a full series of these videos!!!

Loved this video. Would like to see more like this.

Gotta love the old meeting the new, Adam and Jirard. Stoked for what comes next!

The Justin Bailey mystery was solved in a letter to nintendo power circa 97. Bailey is supposedly a term for bikini in the U.K. so the pun is "Just in Bailey"

Loved the video, great work on g4 Jirard!

thanks for giving samus some justice. and a 16 part series on the headband sounds rad

Big og g4 vibes. I really hope the channel takes off. I feel the love feed format is really well adapted to current day

The OG (in the US) Metroid on NES will always be my fondest memory of gaming. I was the first person in my friend group to have it, and trying to describe it made me sound crazy back then, until friends got it or at least got to play it. All hail Samus!

I just got done with my fastest Super Metroid run at just under 4 hours and then popped into RU-vid to find this. This was a good 35th anniversary day for Metroid for me.

This was awesome. Would welcome more content like this in the future.

Jirard makes me nostalgic for being a kid almost a decade ago

You hosting things like this makes me SO HAPPY. Also I have beard envy...

I learned new details about the making of the first game I had not know before. Great, video and I really appreciate covering such a beloved franchise. Metroid might not be the fan favorite hit series like Mario and Zelda, but it’s legacy as one of Nintendo’s prestige franchises is evident by how much care goes into its games. Definitely hope Dread can break the mold and put Samus in the spotlight and ensure we avoid another decade of no new games.

This is a beautiful video to watch; ya got Dragonrider for a bit on one of my topmost favorite gaming stations talking about my personal favorite franchise in Space without using racing or heatseaking punches. Nothing can worsen my day now, it's too high in the Good Times Zone like its name was Robotnik.

Jirard is truly at his best when performing the role of a historian. I loved the Mega Man X history, and I love this.

I'm picturing the televised X-Play relaunch coming on. I can totally see Jirard standing next to Adam right where Morgan used to. This is a great presentation.

THIS was a fantastic Video. I hope there's more fantastic content like this to come!

This is great! Now I want to hear Jirard break down the secret-ish history of Mega Man… ;-)

Love the video, this was very interesting. BTW, didn't want to go with "Completionist Corner"? ;) The alliteration would have been awesome :D

Great video Jirard! With the advent of Metroid Dread and Prime 4, for the 35th anniversary, let's hope for the best for the franchise to receive much more needed love today than it got back then.

Love seeing you on here Girard! congrats

What a great video of an amazing franchise ! Thanks !

Very cool perspective and history of the game. Enjoyed this thoroughly!

Thank you G4 for having Jirard on your show. I've been watching him for years on his RU-vid channel

I remember playing Metroid and thinking it was okay. I even beat Metroid 2 on the Gameboy, and I was still not convinced it was a great series. It was Super Metroid that made me a fan, and that is where I recomend people start with the series. Now if we can just get Nintendo to release Zero Mission, the Samus Returns remake, and Fusion to the Switch.

I really enjoyed this. miss g4 so much. loved the old documentary style episodes on the channel so this sits right at home

I didn't even know g4 was a thing anymore! I'm subbed! Looking forward to future content!

Great job Jirad. Seeing you as part of G4 puts a huge smile on my face!

This segment is GREAT, a WONDERFUL deep dive.

Thank you for mentioning the Pelé inspiration for Samus' name, Jirard. 😎 Some people tend to leave this out.

Best video on the channel so far? Yeah, probably. Please do more of this :)

Metroid was one of my favorite NES games, and Super Metroid is still in my top 10 (along with Link to the Past). Good video, thanks for putting it all together for us.

Metroid Fusion was my first Metroid game and it still holds a very special place in my heart alongside Metroid Prime 3. And while it's sad Metroid didn't blow up like Mario, maybe that's a good thing. It means every metroid is special. Weighty. An Event. We can't have the underdog success (fingers crossed) story of Dread without some serious odds to overcome.

Dude... This is a dream come true for you! So proud of you Jirard :D

So glad to see G4 back with you Jirard the nostalgia!

Loved seeing Jirard talk about Metroid for its 35th Anniversary today. It's great seeing G4 back. I remember watching it sometimes back when it was on TV. Favorite Metroid game is a tie between Metroid: Zero Mission and Metroid Prime. I can't wait to Metroid Dread to release this October, and I'm looking forward to Prime 4 when it finally has a release date.

i remember playing metroid as a kid. one of the hardest games out at that time. no one i knew beat it. super dope game.

Never would I imagine The Completionist narrating a video for X-Play! :)

It is awesome that Jirard got a job at G4TV cause of his VLOG's!!! So proud, and horns up!!!! Wow you are way more exciting then Adam, but he rocks too.

man, jirard is such a win for g4. if this is how g4's content is going to be from now on, count me tf in. this was such a great look at metroid and what made it great without pandering and spending forever on bs.

Killed it. Great video, Jirard! Feel better, Adam!

Good to see Jirard doing more cool and creatively fulfilling things. Good on you man. Keep on keeping on.

Proud of your accomplishments Jirard! You've come a long way and made your goals come true. Keep at it my man!

This was great Jirad, learned some new stuff about Metroid!

Really crossing my fingers for a Metroid renaissance with Dread.